I think that Thomas Sutclife means films need to be a good enough from the beginning to keep the audience interested so they don't leave. The opening of the film is what makes the audience decide whether to stay and see what is going to happen next. I think he is also saying that it is hard for the directors not to make the beginning of the films so good and the rest boring and that is where some directors fail.
Question 2
The risks of instant arousal are:
loosing the audience afterwards
Answering the questions on how to top the great opening
Question 3
A good beginning must make the audience feel that they don't know enough yet and not know to little because you want to keep the audience guessing on what is going to happen next and at the same time you want them to know the story line of the film.
Question 4
Stanley describes the classic opening as starting with an establishing show in New York city, then a close up on a building, then going up the building to a window, then the camera going in through the window, then past a receptionist desk to the private office where Kerry Grant sat. It worked because everything was in place, the progress was rational and expected.
Question 5
Kyle Coopers title sequence is effective in the film Seven because it tuned the viewers into the right pitch. Also it told the story and foreshadowed a lot of main things that were going to happen.
Question 6
Orson Welles wanted to achieve plunging the audience into the film without giving the time to get into it. Universal studios added a score and credit to his opening which made the film loose effect.
Question 7
'A favourite trick of film noir' is meant when the beginning of a film is like an ending and thats the trick. They look to what is coming and the audience may not recognise this trick until they watch the film a second time.
Question 8
The slow motion, the effects like the blood, the music, cross cut editing and the predator like camera shot created the suspense in 'the shining' film opening
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